Tom Morello vs. Paul Ryan

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is an avowed fan of hard rock and metal, and gets pumped for his muscle-burning P90X workouts with a playlist heavy on tunes by agit-rockers Rage Against The Machine. However, it appears the love only goes one way. In an editorial for Rolling Stonepublished on the magazine’s website Aug. 16, guitarist Tom Morello blasted the conservative Congressman as the “embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades.” Noting that Ryan has said he likes the band’s sound but not its lyrics, Morello wrote, “I don’t care for Paul Ryan’s sound or his lyrics.” Ouch.